Adelaide

• General Info
• Things to see and do
• Diving with sharks
• Going out
• Sport
• Glenelg

General Info

Not many backpackers make the effort to go down to Adelaide, but it should be considered. It's not nearly as dull as its' reputation suggests.

The city centre is quite compact and easy to get around. King William Street is the main street. Victoria Square is the centre and you'll find bus and tram stops around here. The central bus station is on Franklin Street. Rundle and Hindly Streets would have most pubs, cafes and restaurants.

Things to see and do

There are a few museums and art galleries such as the Art Gallery of South Australia the South Australia Museum (North Terrace), and the Migration Museum (Kintore Avenue). The Old Adelaide Goal, a prison built in the 1798 provides tours. There's Botanical Gardens on North Terrace. The Adelaide Festival of Arts is on in March.

Diving with Sharks

If you like diving and sharks why not try diving with sharks. The waters off South Australia are known as the Great Southern Bligh and are home to the highest concentration of Great White Sharks in the world. There are tours offering cage dives with these magnificent animals. You don't have to be able to dive but if you are certified you will be able to go deeper, where there are more sharks. Be wary of going with tours that feed the sharks. This is banned in other parts of the world as it encourages sharks to associate humans with food, thus putting us more at risk from shark attacks. There should be plenty of dives that don't feed the sharks. You will still see plenty of them.

Going Out

Pubs

Worldsend Hotel (Hindley Street), Exeter (Rundle Street), Grace Emily Hotel (Waymouth Street), Belgian Beer Cafe (Ebenezer Place).

Restaurants

Eating out in Adelaide can be quite cheap compared to other Australian cities. Chinatown especially has many asian restaurants serving cheap food.

Yung Chow Chinse Restaurant, Lucias Pizza and Spaghetti Bar.

Cinemas

Nova and Palace East End Cinemas (Rundle Street), Academy Cinema City (Hindmarch Square), Moonlight Cinema (Botanic Gardens). Remember to go on Tuesdays when prices are slashed by almost half.

Sport

Go see an Afl game at the Adelaide Oval. Adelaide has two AFL teams, the Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide.

Glenelg

A seaside suburb just a short tram ride from the city. There's a lovely beach here and a nice area to walk around or drink coffee. The beach is good for swimming, bodyboarding, sunbathing, or just enjoying the sunset. The Rodney Fox Shark Experience in the Glenelg Town Hall is worth a look. There's the Glenelg Jazz Festival in October.

Henley Beach is another good beach and is quieter than Glenelg.